Title: The Duel Author: Joseph Conrad First published: 1908 Page count: 115 First line: Napoleon I., whose career had the quality of a duel against the whole of Europe, disliked… Read more »

In 2000, via campus mail, I received an invitation to attend a party to celebrate Chinua Achebe’s 70th birthday. I was a student in his “Modern African Fiction” class at… Read more »